Cannabis exposure and risk of testicular cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gurney, J ^a   Shaw, C ^a   Stanley, J ^a   Signal, V ^a   Sarfati, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marihuana; Marijuana; Non seminoma; Seminoma; Testicular cancer; Testicular germ cell tumour

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CANNABIS USE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SEMINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOR; TESTIS CANCER; TESTIS NONSEMINOMA CANCER; UNITED STATES; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS TUMOR;

CANNABIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947865099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1905-6     Document Type: Article

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